Nordita Astrophysics Seminars

Surprising discoveries by CHEOPS after two years in space

Name: Surprising discoveries by CHEOPS after two years in space
Start: 2022-05-18T13:30:00+02:00
End: 2022-05-18T14:30:00+02:00
Location: Albano Building 3

by Alexis Brandeker (Stockholm University)

Wednesday 18 May 2022, 13:30 → 14:30 Europe/Stockholm

Room 4204 (Albano Building 3)

Room 4204

Albano Building 3

Description

Hybrid talk: Room 4204 (4th floor, Hus 3, Albano) + https://stockholmuniversity.zoom.us/j/530682073

Ever since the first discoveries of exoplanets nearly thirty years ago, their properties have continued to surprise. CHEOPS is a space telescope specifically dedicated to characterise exoplanets. After two years in space, CHEOPS has found a number of strange new worlds, including some that still defy explanation. In this talk we will dig into some of those surprising exoplanetary systems and look into future plans to improve our understanding of the wild diversity of exoplanets we now know to exist.